Sara Perry

This Library Plan for the Laona School District outlines strategies and action steps across several key areas to enhance educational and technological support. It focuses on supporting curriculum, instruction, and assessment through material acquisition and development, fostering personalized professional learning for staff in technology and library trends, and maintaining a robust technology infrastructure for students. The plan also emphasizes strengthening community partnerships by providing tech resources, ensuring data privacy and cybersecurity through staff training, and promoting collaborative leadership within the district. Additionally, it addresses optimizing library space and collection management, and details the allocation of budget and resources. Specific SMART goals include quarterly technology-focused newsletters for staff professional development and a major collection weeding and reordering by summer 2026.

This Academic Career Plan (ACP) outlines the Laona School District's student-driven, adult-supported process to equip students with tools for post-secondary success through self-exploration, career exploration, and management skills. The plan integrates ACP activities from K-12, provides individualized counseling, leverages career readiness technology like Xello, and fosters strong family and community partnerships. It aims to ensure all students are prepared for various post-high school pathways, focusing on continuous improvement in career readiness.

This Early Literacy Remediation Plan outlines a comprehensive approach to improve early literacy for K-5 students. It includes explicit universal instruction using high-quality resources like Wonders and a commitment to train staff in Science of Reading methodologies. The plan features a strategic assessment system utilizing tools such as aimswebPLUS and Language for Learning, alongside various diagnostic assessments. It also details evidence-based interventions like Heggerty, Remediation Plus, and UFLI Foundations, personalized reading plans, clear exit criteria, and robust family and community engagement strategies to support student literacy development. The overall objective is to ensure all students achieve reading proficiency.

The Academic and Career Plan (ACP) is a student-driven process supported by adults, aimed at helping students create informed visions for post-secondary success through self-exploration, career exploration, and career management skills. It equips students and families with tools for making informed choices about education, training, and careers. The plan emphasizes career readiness, integrating activities from elementary through high school to explore career clusters, promote digital citizenship, and provide access to technical courses and community partnerships.

The PTO meeting covered preparations for homecoming, including a cookout, spirit sales, and a dance. Discussions included fundraising for dance prizes and parade float prizes. Plans were made for a staff welcome back lunch and a brush run cleanup. The meeting also addressed the upcoming Uncle Pancake event, purchases of playground benches and t-shirts for a reading program, and the addition of playground games. A financial report showed an ending balance of $7,106.